[Intro]
[Strophe]
      C                  Am           Dm             F 
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone 
        Dm               F              G7 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles, 
          C                Am               Dm               F 
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, 
        Dm               G7             C 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
[Strophe]
         C             Am            Dm              F 
Lord I'm one, lord I'm two, lord I'm three, lord I'm four, 
         Dm        F       G7 
Lord I'm 500 miles from my home. 
    C          Am         Dm         F 
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles 
         Dm           G7            C 
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.
[Strophe]
      C           Am          Dm          F 
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name 
       Dm         F           G7 
Lord I can't go a home this a way 
       C            Am          Dm          F 
This a away, this a way, this a way, this a way, 
       Dm         G7          C 
Lord I can't go a home this a way.
[Strophe]
       C                  Am           Dm             F 
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone 
        Dm               F              C 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles